Traip football team rolls to 58-0 win

KITTERY, Maine — Sophomore Robert Ficke scored three touchdowns to lead the Traip Academy football team to a 58-0 triumph over Falmouth on Saturday in the final game of the season for each team.

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KITTERY, Maine — Sophomore Robert Ficke scored three touchdowns to lead the Traip Academy football team to a 58-0 triumph over Falmouth on Saturday in the final game of the season for each team.

Traip completed its season with a 3-6 record in Western Maine Class C. Falmouth, a first-year varsity program, finished 0-9.

It's Traip's best season since 1996, when the Rangers also finished 3-6.

"It's good to finish with a win," Traip coach Ron Ross said. "It's going to be a nice offseason. We lose some good kids, but we have a lot of good kids coming back. We're going to be a lot better next year, I think."

Sophomore halfback Mike Collins and senior halfback Rob Allen each scored twice for the Rangers, who led 27-0 at halftime and 46-0 after three quarters. Senior split end Bryce Tartar caught a 45-yard touchdown pass from Allen, and senior halfback Seth Lawson scored on a 7-yard touchdown run.

Traip, which had eight seniors on this year's roster, didn't commit a turnover in the game.

"We're no longer the laughingstock," Ross said. "We're competitive."

St. Thomas 26

Fall Mountain 16

LANGDON — The Saints completed the regular season with a 6-3 record and will be the No. 4 seed for next weekend's Division IV playoffs.

The win moved St. Thomas coach Rod Wotton past Armond Columbo and gave him more career victories than any other New England high school football coach. Wotton's career record is 322-68-3. Columbo coached at Archbishop Williams in Braintree, Mass., and at Brockton (Mass.) High School.

St. Thomas will face top-seeded Laconia (9-0) in the semifinals. Laconia beat St. Thomas 28-7 during the regular season.

St. Thomas was the fourth seed when it upset Laconia in last year's Division IV championship game.

The Saints received a 35-yard touchdown run by Chris McGuire, a 58-yard interception return for a touchdown by Greg Molloy and a 13-yard touchdown run by Jack MacNevin in the first half and led 20-3 entering the third.

St. Thomas raised its lead to 26-3 when another Molloy interception set up Matt Musto's 1-yard TD run.

McGuire led St. Thomas with 100 yards on 14 carries. Fall Mountain, which scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter, received a game-high 113 yards on 19 carries from Kevin Martel.

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